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Re:HP installs system-slowing spyware on its PCs by germanier on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @01:18PM (#15799847)
The idea is to get a dedicated device[0] which uses your bank card to sign the transaction and shows transaction details on its own display. That's probably even harder to infect than iOS.

While German banks support that almost universally, hardly anybody uses it.

[0]: https://shop.reiner-sct.com/chipkartenleser-fuer-die-sicherh...

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Re:HP installs system-slowing spyware on its PCs by ryanlol on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @01:30PM (#15799962)
Yeah, and then the banks site will just tell the user to approve the "test transaction" on their devices screen. Or that they need to approve it or all of their funds will be frozen, or whatever.
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